Pawlenty says he’ll veto same-sex couple survivor rights bill

"Pawlenty said Wednesday that the bill given
legislative approval on Wednesday duplicates other state laws allowing a person
to designate someone to manage final affairs. Pawlenty criticized the bill as
one that will 'stoke up a political controversy on a hotbutton
issue.'

"The Senate voted 41-24 on the measure Wednesday. It adds
surviving same-sex partners and other unmarried couples to the list of people
who have control over what to do with the remains of their deceased
partners."